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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization--MALE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,511 531 17.5 15.4-19.8 1,980 82.5 80.2-84.6
RACE
White 1,891 435 19.1 16.6-21.9 1,456 80.9 78.1-83.4
African American 361 62 14.3 10.1-19.8 299 85.7 80.2-89.9
Asian 35 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 34 99.0 93.1-99.9
Native American 71 15 25.5 11.7-46.9 56 74.5 53.1-88.3
Other Minorities 137 17 10.7 5.2-20.9 120 89.3 79.1-94.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 146 12 5.8 2.6-12.2 134 94.2 87.8-97.4
-English Speaking 54 5 6.3 2.3-16.1 49 93.7 83.9-97.7
-Spanish Speaking 92 7 5.7 2.1-14.2 85 94.3 85.8-97.9
Non-Hispanic 2,360 519 18.7 16.4-21.1 1,841 81.3 78.9-83.6
AGE
18-24 169 22 12.9 6.9-23.0 147 87.1 77.0-93.1
25-34 424 23 4.1 2.3- 7.1 401 95.9 92.9-97.7
35-44 543 37 5.9 3.7- 9.4 506 94.1 90.6-96.3
45-54 520 51 10.0 6.5-15.0 469 90.0 85.0-93.5
55-64 365 88 26.3 20.5-32.9 277 73.7 67.1-79.5
65-74 285 175 59.8 51.3-67.7 110 40.2 32.3-48.7
75+ 184 129 66.8 55.5-76.4 55 33.2 23.6-44.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 428 124 24.2 18.6-30.8 304 75.8 69.2-81.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 744 153 16.3 12.8-20.5 591 83.7 79.5-87.2
Some Post-H.S. 507 96 16.9 12.4-22.6 411 83.1 77.4-87.6
College Graduate 825 154 14.7 11.8-18.2 671 85.3 81.8-88.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 200 62 29.9 20.0-42.0 138 70.1 58.0-80.0
$15,000- 24,999 393 93 16.0 11.9-21.1 300 84.0 78.9-88.1
$25,000- 34,999 308 70 20.7 15.1-27.7 238 79.3 72.3-84.9
$35,000- 49,999 384 70 17.3 12.3-23.8 314 82.7 76.2-87.7
$50,000-74,999 288 45 11.2 7.3-16.8 243 88.8 83.2-92.7
$75,000+ 418 51 11.1 7.6-16.0 367 88.9 84.0-92.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 155 35 18.8 13.2-26.2 120 81.2 73.8-86.8
Forsyth 173 33 17.9 12.2-25.6 140 82.1 74.4-87.8
Guilford 145 31 17.3 11.8-24.6 114 82.7 75.4-88.2
Henderson/Transylvania 183 59 27.3 20.6-35.1 124 72.7 64.9-79.4
Mecklenburg 157 21 8.5 5.2-13.5 136 91.5 86.5-94.8
Orange 179 31 15.8 10.7-22.5 148 84.2 77.5-89.3
Pitt 151 30 22.8 15.3-32.6 121 77.2 67.4-84.7
Randolph 166 35 18.9 13.2-26.2 131 81.1 73.8-86.8
Robeson 171 34 14.8 10.1-21.1 137 85.2 78.9-89.9
Wake 174 31 15.0 10.2-21.4 143 85.0 78.6-89.8
Western NC 269 61 17.9 13.7-23.0 208 82.1 77.0-86.3
Piedmont NC 314 67 18.8 13.8-25.0 247 81.2 75.0-86.2
Eastern NC 274 63 19.1 14.5-24.7 211 80.9 75.3-85.5

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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